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PURSE AND FRAME THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,43 4, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed June 4, 1892. Serial No. 435,498. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST GOERTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Purses and FramesTherefor, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a purse for small change withcompartments varying in size, one compartment having an openingindependent ofthe other, of reduced cost of construction, of fewer partsand of a more simple and neat appearance, to provide a device of greaterconvenience, and to secure other advantages and results some of whichwill be referred to in connection with the description of the workingparts.

The invention consists in the improved purse and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will behereinafter set forth and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure l is a plan, Fig. 2 aside View and Fig. 3 an end View of the improved device. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section on line ac, Fig. 5 a trans- Verse section taken online y. Fig. 6 is an inside view of the distending frame or bag carrierdevoid of the inlay. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail plans of the outer andinner sides of the inlay and Fig. 9 is a plan of the frame complete, thecovers being shown open. Fig. l0 is a detail edge View of the innersection of one of the covers, showing a series of lips adapted to bebent down upon the outer section to hold the same in place.

In said drawings, a indicates the bag of the purse, b the frame thereofand c and d the covers or lids hinged to said frame side by side andclosing the independent openings c', d', as will be understood uponreference to Figs. 4 and 9.

The bag of the purse is preferably of leather, although it may be of anysuitable material, and is provided with a partition e secured to thebottom and sides of the bag by cement or stitching and extending upwardor toward the mouth of the bag Where it is secured to a transverse barof the frame. The distending frame or bag carrier, h, is of peculiarconstruction and consists of the outer or facing section f and the inlaysection g. The former of said sections is preferably rectangular andoblong in plan as in Fig. 9 and is provided with a transverse bar orplate 7L which divides the interior opening or passage through the frameinto a large and smaller openings c CZ', the said transverse bar beingintegral with the sides of the frame section and being concave orlongitudinally recessed on the underside as shown in Figs. 4 and 6 tocorrespondl with the concavities in the other portions of the outersection to receive, protect and conceal the inlay section. The saidinlay section, g, corresponds in shape, in plan, with the facing sectionand is adapted to lie in the concavity on the underside of said facingsection. It is provided with lips or anges, z', between which andl thebody portion of said inlay section, the edges of the body material aresecurely clamped and with an integral transverse bar, j, correspondingwith the transverse bar, h, to which the partition, e, is fastened,preferably by rivets, and a clamping piece k, Fig. 4, the rivets passingthrough the perforations, Z, of the bar, j, through the partitionmaterial and into the said piece 7.a, lying under the edges of thepartition material, as will be understood upon reference to Fig. 4.

At one of the longitudinal sides of the outer or facing section f, arehinged covers c and d, movable independent one of the other and adaptedto close the openings c and CZ respectively, the said section f, at itsopposite side being provided with suitable spring catches o by means ofwhich the said covers are secured in their closed positions.

Springs, p, are provided, or may be provided for throwing the lids orcovers to their open positions when released. A single spring may beemployed in connection with the two catches as shown in Fig. 6, and thetwo springs IOO for throwing the lids may in like manner be substitutedfor by a single spring having cover or lid bearings at its oppositeextremi ties.

I am aware that other modifications may be made in the construction ofthe purse and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theexact arrangements shown in the drawings.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new iszl. In apurse, the frame for distending and carrying the bag of said purse,having means for holding said bag thereto and having the transverse bar,h, forming separate openings c', d', and covers o, d, hinged to saidframe and closing said openings substantially as set forth.

2. In a purse, the frame consisting of afacing section and an inlay forholding the bag, the said facing section having an integral bar, z,dividing the opening in said facing section into two, and covers hingedto said facing section and independently closing the divided or separateopenings substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with a facing section of a frame having separatedopenings therethrough, the parts surrounding said openings beingconcaved on the underside, and the upper side having independent coversc, and d, hinged thereon to close said openings, an inlay secured in theconcavities beneath said facing section and having lips or flanges, i,to hold the body or bag material thereto and a bar, j, correspondingwith the partition, h, between the openings in said frame, and said baghaving its edges secured to the inlay and having a partition, e, and aclamping piece, 7a, all arranged and combined substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this25th day of May, 1892.

AUGUST GOERTZ.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, WM. D. MCCAY.

